Over Time, the Massive Trauma of Persistent Abuse Seems to

question 31

Multiple Choice

Over time, the massive trauma of persistent abuse seems to

• A) drive most abused children to report the abuse eventually.
• B) blunt children's normal physiological response to stress.
• C) provoke a counter-reaction in children in which their empathy and tendency to act as mediator grow.
• D) diminish, making adults who were abused as children similar in psychological responses to those not abused.

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Definitions:

Encoding Specificity

The principle that memory retrieval is more effective when the cues present at the time of encoding are also present at retrieval.

Memorability

The quality of being easy to remember due to being notable or remarkable.

Context-Dependent Learning

Context-dependent learning is the phenomenon where the context in which information is learned affects the ability to recall that information.

Mood-Congruent Memory

The tendency to recall information or events that are consistent with one's current mood, influencing and reinforcing emotional states.